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mildmotive | 2 years ago

> Added to this are worsening geopolitics, the difficulty of eliminating carbon emissions and the travails of an ageing population.

Worsening geopolitics and an ageing population are more immideate problem compared to the inability to eliminate (not reduce) carbon emissions.

Or am I missing something? Can someone explain to me why ”eliminating carbon emissions” was sandwiched between the other two issues?

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jeroenvlek|2 years ago

I suspect because of the also mentioned "own goal" of eliminating nuclear power despite not having green alternatives.

PurpleRamen|2 years ago

Germany has more than enough alternatives for nuclear power. The situation would have been even better if not for some brain farts sabotaging the movement to alternatives for various reasons.

The big problem is that has Germany has big dependencies on coal, gas and gasoline, for industry, heating, and cars. Nuclear power can't replace this at all. Which is why Germany is shifting around usages and started investing big in hydrogen.

TheRoque|2 years ago

Carbon emissions are also long-term plans. When you open a coal mine (which they do) or plan for increasing nuclear power, you have to plan decades in advance, which is why we should have started all this yesterday

veave|2 years ago

It's an Agenda 2030 propaganda piece.